Refrigerator



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I J. WEI TZ.

REFRIGERATOR. No. 319,363. Patented June 2, 1885.

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Inventor.

NITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

JACOB WEITZ, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,363, dated June 2,1885.

Application filed April 2, 1885. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB W'EITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the ice-b0X of arefrigerator, whereby the ice is more easily taken to it and put inplace, and the cold air in the removable ice-box is kept as much aspossible from mingling with the surrounding warmer air, all of whichwill be fully and clearly hereinafter shown, described, and claimed byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is aperspective view, one of the doors being left off so as to show theinterior ways upon which the removable ice-box is run in and out. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal section through the center of the removableice-box; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, showing also adetached side elevation of one of the ways upon which the icebox moveswhen being put into or taken out of the refrigerator.

In said drawings, a represents the refrigerator-boX.

a a are the doors leading into the refrigerator-chamber.

The door for the ice-chamber (0 into which the removable ice-box is put,is made and hinged to the box in the same way as the doors a a", andtheir construction is well known, so that a further description here ofthat portion is not required.

The ways a, upon which the icebox moves while being put in or taken out,are provided with friction-rollers a so as to permit the icebox to beeasily moved into the refrigerator when full of ice.

The removable ice-box c is provided with a bail, c, for convenience incarrying it out and back for ice. The bail c isjointed to the sides bypins or rivets c and when turned down rests upon a small pin orprojection, 0

The lower portion of the bail is provided with a downward extension,0'', which moves provided with a removable plug, e attached to it by'achain, 6*. This plug is put in when the ice-box is taken out and removedwhen the box is put back. The object of these devices is to prevent thecold air from flowing out or the warm air from rising up into theice-box while bringing in theice, and the plug 6 prevents any drippingof water upon the floor while carrying it into the refrigerator.

This removable ice-box makes a convenient device to carry the ice in,and the construction of the refrigerator is such that the ice is notrequired to be lifted so high as in ordinary refrigerators while puttingit in, and it is very easily put into place, as will be readily seen.

In Fig. 1, 6 represents the trough for receiving the drip from theice-box, and f is the tube for conducting it oft, and f are two bracketsfor holding the top of the removable ice-box so that it slides easilybetween them and the rollers a I claim as my invention- 1. Arefrigerator consisting of the box a, provided with the ways a havingfriction-rollers a and brackets f, in combination with a removableice-boX provided with a plug secured thereto, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

2. In a refrigerator, a removable ice-box provided with a bail having adownward extension, in combination with a perforated slideway forautomatically opening and closiug the holes in the sides of the ice-box,for the purposes described.

' JACOB \VEITZ.

Witnesses:

J ENNIE M. CALDWELL, .TAMEs SANGSTER.

